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SO. XXIII ] PUBLISHED WEEKLY, ON THUDS-i HAY MORNING, BY GEORGIA W. j, WHEELER # JAMES QLAUK.K, AT THEIft PIUN HNG OFFICE, NEXTi “DOOR TO DR. J. M. STERETT—AT THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM— ONE IN ADVANCE.— W kbrk Print* TN& OK ALL KINDS MAY BE EXECUTED WiTH NEATNESS, ACCURACY A* DISPATCH. {> —.. mm ® gg>- ■ ■*:* CANDIDA TES FOR CONGRESS. 7ohx Forsyth, Esq. of Augusta. A.i fred Cutebeut, Esq. of Savannah. Richard H. Wilde, Esq. of Augusta. f i>o’s Telfair, Esq. of S tvannah. Col. Homer V. Milton, of Louisville. Col. Ts. W. Cobb, Esq. of Oglethorpe. Joel Crawford; Esq. of Baldwin. Door. Abbot, of Wilkes. SHadock Coox, Esq of Clarke. Wilson Lumpkin, Esq of Oglethorpe. James Woou.JE-q of Cnlomhm. A'RLShNTMMNr&. Grand Jury of Wilkes County 5 at the 1* tterm of the Superior Court, amongst other things, made the following present ment s*— ; . t We lament that on this occasion', it he Comes (as wo humbly .conceive) a dn'v which w© owe to burstjvSs and to our fel low-citizens, in our ecrporate to express iu the feiost decisive terms, our tin qualified disßpprobtitiop of a Law, receutly parsed by eongrfces, to change the m<'de of eompeucation to- the meKsbe.s if the senate and bouse of Representatives, and delegates Tram territoiies. The nation just einergTng from the dan Kjers and disasters of a bloody w ar, a great aaereusu of our national debt, necessarily consequent Hereon ;oar relations with for eign nations, especially Eugl.nJ, France & Spain; the general aspect and disposition &fihe European powers towards us } late a larming embarrassments of our national tlrcascry, did not, in tikur opinion, warrant an m&Tßune of compensation:. Nor can we view the change of a per diem compensation, into a permanent and fixed salary, ae a measure Congenial with our republican institutions. Without the least exertion of imaginafi’ an, teny be distinctly seen iij this measure, fibe strongest features of personal aggrand izement, and we fear political pros itufion, which, if suffered to, continue unmolested, would quickly engender, hated and sate a species of proud, arrogant, aud lux ©mat aristocrat®; no spurious brood, bul their legitimate offspring. ... But it has been said fey the friends of this measure, that the high price of produce, ud the delectation of money, made it ne cessary to mereuse the compensation of the Btembere of congresc. If this lie true, wjrs it not equally necessary to bestow ou the aoveral office?* of the genera! government, additional! salary also ; why not for the #ttne re&eons (if they sound) increase j the salaries of our Ambassadors, judges & , nil the other public functionahes, can any i •no however avaricious lie may he, pretend fthe?-the loss incurred fey the depreciation of mousy, fall* exclusively, upon our senators, Representatives and Delegates in congress r* Yfberefors, according the s.arae made of reasoning, mrfmdsli the wagefc of the soldier , or why has the small pittance allowed thoa© dt fenders of owr cjuiniry’s rights, who hay© Os bravely fought oar battles, so gallantly defended our fire sides.; our sacred privileges i*nd have so eminently contributed to cijir national honor and glory, been so long nee-, Xeeted i’ I Does sot such conduct, on the part of iheseia congress, who yielded their support to this measure, evince a spirit of illiberal ly approaching to a total want of patriotism j and deserving universal detestation. To say the least of this law ? it appears £o us a strong evidence of gross indelicacy n.od selfishness on their part. Thus with saa upeaq'isl degree of avsdi'y, to snatch at and serve themselves with the loaves and &sbea os the nation, te the exclusion of oth ers equally deserving, am! perhaps more weedy and modest; they surely ought to have been jnst to others, before they were so ex clusively liberal & generous to themselves. Upon this occasion, we are sorry to ob fcrrve that although cur members in the House of Representatives, seen not to have ?Tc!ded their assent to the passage of the aw of which we complain, yet nevertheless, from any intbrmayou we have been enabled fco obtain, we nr© conct rained to say, that we hove not sees or Imid of any other tlh&u a weak and flimsy exartion to prevent Sts passage $ Whilst on iua®y other occs aaons, far less important and interesting to the nation, we hove witnessed a brilliant display of words ia bag, lahsric&s acS tedi speeches* LOUISVILLE, Til U R SI) AT, JULY 13, isie. In the language of another (have we not; reason to fear) that the love of fame, predominant in the revolutionary war, is j eh*aged into cupidity, disinterestedness into selfishness, and the public good is sacrificed to personal views of ambition. In this dis graceful situation, in our opinion, it becomes the duty of v?ry genuine citizen, every lo ver of the country, to use his personal ex ertion for the prosperity of our common country. We would therefore, respeHfuily recom mend to our fellow-citizens of Georgia, at our approaching election to withold their suffrages from those of our Representatives in congress, who did not manifest a zeal be corning.the oeeastan, against so obnoxious a measure, by something more than a silent vote or flimsy pretence. , We would further ; respectfully recommend our fellow citizens, j also, to wtahold theirfeupport from any man i as a member of onr state legislature, who does rot give unequivocal assurances that he will oppose the re,election of any man,.who has heretofore given bis absent to the pas - sage of the law, now the ‘Subject of com plaint And we furthermore, solicit our sen ators & representatives composing the next congress, to use their ffst endeavors to pro cure a. repeal of the law, to which wt allude. Wq avail oijrst Ives of this opportunity to express with the liveliest creations o?grati tude otlr high snd exalted apinioa of the a bilitv, integrity, and pavrioucm dfsplayed by the honor*blf Mr. Huger ofS. C. and the members,.of congress, who Jealously opposed the adoption of this lijile bantling of aristocracy, into .the American family ; and, also, our great and respect for the disinterestedness of those members T congress, v* hu rt'fus,-d to accept of their ad di tonal compensation, and we regret that we have it not incur power io offer this tribute of respect to hat tao few upon this occasion. We return oar thanks to hta honor, Judge Gresham for bio attention to business, during the present term. Signed, JOHN B.’ LENNARD, Foreman’ John Hendiey, Joshua J ekson. Abner Wellborn, Levi H. Echols, Isaiah T. Ir win, Joseph- Callaway, Joseph Hender son, Thomas Barnes, John Hoards, Dick inson Hdlladay, William Kilgore, Joel H. Terrel, John Favour, junta. John W. Cooper, Henry B. Gibson, Christopher O-r. Johnson Wellborn, .Limes Hinton. The court ordered the presentments of the Grand Jury, to be published pursuant to their request. True copy from the minutes, 1). TERUCLL, Cl'k. WASHINGTON 1 S LETTER ON P RAD DOCK** 8 BEFEA T. -i . From the Week ly Register, Mr. Niles—As the inclosed may past an additional ray of light upon the /.isiory of our country, and as all that relates to | Washington, however minute, cannot fail j to be particularly interesting to every citi zen of independent America, and mure esr pecially, an accurate, simple and uneffect ad relation of an event ?p important .in its nature arid consequences as that of Brcq dock’s deleat, dictated io the spirit cf feel ing and. .affection, by one of the jribsi illus- Iribus heroes and patriots our country ever produced ; I send it to you fer publiea|[i.oh and preservation vaiaabta Register, This copy, was found amona th c pap-r* of the late colonel Henry Fi ihugh> of KJng George county, (Virginia) indorsed in bis ; hand writing thus: 4S A copy of rolomd i George W asblngtoT'ta letter to .his mother immediately after Braddock s defeat. 5 * li: will be recollectedJhat Mrs. Wacfeingfon, the mother of the late general, then resided at Bushfield, in Westmoreland, county on the Potomac, the next county below King George; and also, that Mr. Samuel Wash ington, the general’s broiler, then Jived nent neighbor to colonel Fitzbugh, with whom he was in habits of intimacy and iViendsliip. From these circumstanced there can be no doubt about its autl emicity. Copy of Colonel George Washington's He ter to his mother , immediately after Brad dork's defeat. “ Honored Madam*— -As I doubt notyou have heard of our defeat, and perhaps have bad it represented in a worse light (if pos r sible) thau It deserves l have taken the ear liest opportunity to give you some account of the engagement, as i, happened, w ithiu 7 miles of the French fort, on Wednesday, the 9th inst. We march, don to that place, without any considerable loss* having only novy and then a straggler picked up by the French scouting Indians. When w e eeme there, we were attacked by a body of French and Indians, whose numbers, I am certain, did not ex- eed 300 men. Our’* consisted of b&ut 13U0 well armed troops, chiefly of the Erglish snidiers ? who wer©stru k with ene* a panic-that they behaved with ruq;e cow ar.Rce than it is possible to conceive. The offiesrs behaved gallantly’, in order.to erv courage their men, for which they eofferer’ greatly, there beiug nearly 60. killed smt wounded, a large proportion out of Ujc number we had. The Virginia troops shew ‘ ed h great deal of bravery, and w/ere nea; all killed; for I believe out of three compa nies, there,!* scarce 30 men left alivf .s=s= Captain Feyeonee and al! his officers, down to a corporal, were killed. Captain Pou?- soo shared ne *r as bard a fate, for only out’ of his men was left. In short, the dastard ly behavior of those they call regulars, ex posed all others, that were inclined to do their duty, to almost certain death—and at last, iii despite of li the efforts of the clii eers to the contrary, they broke aud run as sheep pursued by dogs, and it was im possible to rally them. “ The general was wounded; of which fep died three days after. Sir Peter H tcket was killed in the field, where died many o- - thcr brave officers. I luckily escaped with- ! out a wound, though 1 bad four bullets thro’ my coat, and two horses shot under me.—! Captains Orme and Morris, twU of the gen-] eral's aids-de-camp, were wounded early ist the engagement, whtah rendered the duty | upon me, as I was the only person then left ; to distribute the general’s orders, which I was scarcely able to do, as l was not half from a violent spell of sieku< ss that confined me to my bed and a wag. on tar above ten days. lam still in & weak 5; feeble condition, which induces ipe io b-it here two or three days, in hopes of recover ing a little strength to enable me to proceed” homewards, from wdience probably I shall not be able to stir umii towards St pteoiber.’’ : The Following remarks on the progress affiance in the United States, are extreu-t-’ ed from a letter, written, as is S'iid, by J?k. Mitchell to one of bis European correspon dents ; > t- - • ‘ ./Camden Gazette. 5< -There was probably never su<*h a tim its the present for the cultivation of natur al sciences in America. Think of the num ber of able hands actually engaged in the several branches, tar w hich tt.ey have preference,and whom I have had the pleas ure of seeing withiu a few months at New- York. .Mr. Braiihury, who returned from the land of the Mand&oes arid Eiearas, on the high Missouri, a taw years sgd, loaded with indigenous plants & other producsions, is now as ardent and as capable as ever to discover new objects. -Mr. Fraser, after en riching Europe wit Si the. planta- which fee am! his father found is their long and di versified tours through tSi? United States, lias lately brought from Great Btitt-in i rifcb supply f>c cur parterres and gardens :Vlr. Ralinesque, already distinguished for • his ingenious, -learned aud original puUiea timis, ie oow en; ploying the .aeuteoess of ge nius in botanical, zoological, and other in vestigations. Mr. NestaU, tlic jtravcHer throng!) the. vast regions sveat of Lake Su perior., am! north rs the niver Mtsoouri, pes gecses superior quatificafions awd unquench able ardor. WlHilow', well known, among other things, tar Lis zeal i:i tavorefe new economical vegi table, (k for jntrcduciog most ; elegant figures* ofpl-.nts, psiote ; iin trans parent eolora. Mr. Furseh, the author of the Flora of North-America, a grand per jfor&anee, hosting up all that his predeces sors ami cotemporaries have done, and ail | ding thereto his own extensive and correct i researches. Mr. Rich, the publisher of the ! Synopsis of the Genera of Araeriean plants, j the neatest and most convenient, niaimal that j has ever befen offered to our botanical stu dents, Mr. Le Sear, the famous voyager to : Timor,.Nfew-Holland and Van Diemen’s ] Land, wfiose knowledge of marine zoology j surpasses tli&t of every other person with whom I have conversed. Mr. Maclure, long known as our ablest geologist? has now come to take the field again, with directing and doing the most interesting works. Ad miral Coffin,” in addition to professional merit of an exalted degree, is a treasure of ichthyological facts ; an 1 much may be ex pected from his spirited ex rtiona to ex plore the depths of the ocean. Nor are these till,” &c. Assylum tor the Deaf and Dumb. Within a year past, a number of per sons at Hartford, in the state of Connect!- ent, formed themselves into an association for the purpose of reestablishing a school, to instruct the deaf and dumb.—To carry their plan into effect, they raised a sum ot money, end procured a gentleman distin guished for learning, taieiiU and piey, t( mbark for Europe, with a view of qualify ■rtg himself, bv thp aid ofthe instructions he might obtain ia tha ejhoole io Englaota Rf*oMand, and France, ir> take the bar go *t’the estfti.'tist'ment c.n h: s retnrn. He ip now wiih he Abbe Sicard in Paris, wife the fairest prospect of acc.omp’ishin*; the inter catiog.object of his undertaking, sad exp* HfS it the e?>d of , year or two t> return ond ‘superintend the itistitiKion in Conneericat 1 ne object ol tliis association v a consider ed of such general iiiferast and importaacej that lb’* legislature of the state, at their ues* sion in May lastv, irn orporated r, with ordi* nary powers for liiaoaging its own internal concerns. It is a peculiarly gratifying circumstance that among the nmerous institutions for ,he purpnaes of charity, and benevolence, whieia ‘xist ia our country, been taken up with so much zeal,e.nd energy. No portion of our unfortunate tallow beings, are inure justly entitled to compassion, and pbilanthrophy, tltau those who are the Ii smediate objects off this association. The deaf and dumb heva •eers hitherto left, in this country, to the i<| of their other, efforts, ami those of their im* mediate connections aud friends, tar the ae tMsitioi) of vv.(iai few ideas they might be ble in this imperfect maimer to obtain. We* can not only imagine, bat experience te,- ‘h es us, haw jit tie is, or can be done, in tbitf was, even wi-h all the soli itude end sfn> bilKy which parents, brothers, and sisters* must eV."r feel for these objects if tbeiAvar mast .vff etion. It is a matter of anidzeumnfe to every person, who h a been accustomed! to see tfiem uncommon cir<-umstancfs. to >©■ miiise to what a degree they re c> pob!e off being taught—taught not onH what j ertiaus >t their own Is! tie circle of nmmou wants and du >, but which belong to then* • s soewl. moral, ad ac p ounlable,beinvß. !t this p’ Jut of view, this subject coat's directa ly home to the feelings of every parent, andl of every cbristuin. We hope, in a shorfe time, to have it in our power lo h.y before our renders, wei. antheniicated epe* imene of the degree of knowledge to which she deaf and dumb can attain, a fur a pf riod off instruction in schools culenkted hr purpose. The unniber or peraous of this character, is much greater than bra S<eeu genernll’y supposed. Pair.B have been taken in Cost neetieut, to ascertain the number in that state alone, nod it has been found nearly to reach P-NE HUNL'iihl). This is an ajffiie* tion to which all ft.tuflies are Sialic—the subjects of it are among the most unfortun> ate, as Weil as, frequently, the most interest* ing of human beL gs. The iustitution off which we have spoken, is probably the orfy one tiiat will be established in this section ofthe U .'.Led States tar a long time come.--* IT MUST BE SUPPORTED IN A •GREAT DEGREE BY CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS—for a number of ihd deaf and dumb are to be found sb. the boa* sea of people m rfeoderate, and stt aiitarirel eircumst; nee. T'he local situation will bo conyenteut for the surrounding country, am? it will have all the. externa) advaatagee which depend on a ptaaeaut healthy eouu* fry, good susiety.ftnd constant inspection. No titan, whose tasnily *8 not already can fell.hio.sclf secure against this visita tion of Providence, of course, r a at e persua ded r.o nran, whose circuinatcnees are BUt & as tc Suable him to perform acts of leuev oleuee, can feel indifferent in its prosper ity.—Gue ofthe miracles which marked iho henovoleriee, as well as ploclaimed ihc di vinitv of HIM toho went abut Join % goods W'R enahling the DEAF 1.0 HEAR AND THE DUMB TO SPEAK H r tumble followers cacot perform miracles—f ut they eavi ausist, in some degree, in enabling ?ho sameerasfe of their fellow men to and to enjoy the comforts of conversation, tq partake of many of the UeeTugs of life, & to realize the hopes of the Christian witfc regard to Futurity. S'ROM THE EALTMOKE FED. TtEFUBLIC AIT,. PROPHECIES ACCOMPLISHING. We have endeavored to aelet from sueli articles as we have been furnished with, by the recent arrival at New York, such as seem more immediately interesting to the mass of our readers.. There is a str ng probability that all the Christian por'ens will uuite for the extirpation of the Barfiary marauders. It is extremely astonishing to observe, by what invisible chains Ike &t teution of the civilized world is now turned towards Palestine. Travellers who havi explored those regions, ore mincing public curiosity by the venerable monutnenta w\iicb have survived the rapacity of the Turks, -md still attest the truths of divine rrevel<re tion, —Jaeob’s well, the very well oesieY which our Saviour sat &ud conversed with ‘he woman of Samaria, is still s.anding! The.eustoms to which she refers in the eourse of that conversation, the an tient ha tred between the Jews and Sttmari ians.stHl exist., aud Clark reauffks, that a votest£ [VOL. I.